Palestinians marching to remember the Nakba, the 1948 founding of Israel, clash with Israeli forces in Ramallah and Bethlehem, leaving several wounded.
At a checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramallah, dozens of Palestinian youths hurl rocks at IDF soldiers, who respond with rubber bullets and the foul-smelling riot control spray known as skunk.
A Palestinian emergency worker says that 11 Palestinians are taken to the hospital, most of them wounded by rubber bullets. The extent of their injuries is not known.
Earlier, thousands of people carrying Palestinian flags marched through the city, many carrying large keys to symbolize their claims to the homes they or their family members lost in 1948.
In Bethlehem, hundreds of Palestinians stone IDF troops guarding the tomb of Biblical matriarch Rachel, a shrine venerated by Jews and Muslims, an AFP photographer says.
Soldiers fire tear gas and stun grenades, but the number of Palestinian casualties is not immediately known.
— AFP
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